Could you please offer some examples? My MS office 2003 is a bit too efficient, I have to keep adding my 'slang' to the dictionary.

Pam

Here's some examples with the correct spelling following the sentence. My spellcheck found all these to be correct.

I like rassberry tarts (raspberry)
upsidedown cake ( upside down)
remoce the part (remove)
illistrated (illustrated)
spinnach (spinach)

Weird huh?

Thanks

Looks like maybe you think a bit too much about desert.

That would suggest to me that your spell checker is turned off. Open Word, click Tools at the top then Options. In the new window click the 'Spelling and Grammar' tab and see if the first box has a tick in it. Also the third if you wish Word to suggest corrections.

Microsoft Office Word 2007 automatically spotted everyone for me.

Most spell checkers test for mis-spellings, but not misused words. For example, I been seeing the words "brake" and "break" used interchangeable, and the spell checker wont discover this since both words are spelled correctly. Other common interchanges:

there and their
its and it's
good and well
those and these
we're and weir
dove and drove
mail and meal

However, a grammar and puctuation checker may flag some misused words.

spinnach is a desert?

The spellcheck in outlook express often makes errors, too. Is there a way to fix this ?
salbwil

The default install of OE does not include a spell checker. Perhaps you have MS Office or just MS Word or a third party spell check on your computer?

Perhaps the misspelled words have been added to your Custom Dictionary...

I use XP Pro and one way to check it out is through Outlook Express ( mine is set up with Word for the spell check )... You go to Tools, Options, Spelling and click on Edit Custom Dictionary... On my machine it comes up in Notepad and I just delete the lines with the misspelled words.... Well you could do a search for CUSTOM.DIC ...

Rita

Don't know where I have it from, but OE does indeed have a large red checkmark, with an ABC above it at the top of the page with other choices, such as attach, sign, encrypt, etc.when I am sending or "creating" a message.And, it does make errors, the last spelling, "ridiculous" as ridicules, which may have been a grammar, not spelling error.
salbwil